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A likely story @AlexWrites! Yeah, that's my bad. Should be fixed now. Yesterday, I updated YWS to use PHP 8.4, but forgot to set the timezone in PHP 8.4. The ...

The Young Writers Society had a bout of unscheduled downtime lasting for about 15 minutes on July 21, 2026 from roughly 11:10 pm to 11:25pm EDT. What Happened I ran ...

Thanks for letting me know @paigey! That should be fixed now.

@LadySpark -> That's a great idea! Didn't even think of reading challenges, but that'd be a great addition. Once we get into August, I'll add the ability for people to ...

By the way, I went with a community bulletin board type feel for the Events page -- hence the thumb tacks in the corners of different blocks. Also, if you ...

Screenshot from 2026-07-21 10-50-26.png New Events Tab The Events tab is your one-stop spot to view the latest events ongoing at YWS. Check in on the Monthly event, check out ...

@AlexWrites ->> No Worries! With all the changes lately, I'm surprised anyone can keep up with them haha.

@AlexWrites ->> Forgot to respond to @avian, but didn't miss the request! That feature is already live in the Green Room. Look for the "Type - All" dropdown, and you ...

@alliyah ->> I didn't think anyone would even notice the new About pages! I did an SEO audit of YWS, and one of the biggest findings that came back was ...

@Omni ->> All issues should be fixed, and the code bbcode has been updated to the latest version used by phpBB.

@serrodyne ->> These issues might be related to some Cloudflare performance settings I turned on today. Just turned them back off. Let me know if the problems are still happening.

@Omni ->> Should be good now! Let me know.

@paigey ->> More jurisdictions are requiring age verification for social media sites where users younger than 18 are an important demographic. So, birthdays cannot be left blank. However, I have ...

writerfeed-logo-small.png Over the past few weeks, I’ve made extensive improvements to YWS after being mostly absent for far too long. I allowed parts of the site to fall into disrepair ...

Thanks @Omni. I changed the urls for the games, but forgot to inspect the mobile versions to ensure they still loaded correctly. Should be good to go now.